Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-01-14

Charles Smith. ono OF the men who broke
/ into the barn OF John Epton of Rush town
ship, Shiawassce county, and stole nine
teen bushels of cloverseed a short time
ago, has been found guilty in the circuit
! court, and Judge Newton sentenced him TO
/ three years at jackson.
George w Timmons, late city treasurer
! OF Niles, committed suicide by shooting
| himself in the head. His body was found
in An alley frozen stiff. The cause OF his
| taking his own life was dependency re-
sulting from business reverses.
Detroit has gone back on standard time,
and sun time Is now the official time OF
| that city.
George l.. Grimes, a graduate OF the ag
| ricultural college. has been bound over TO
| the circuit court for trial for forgery com
| mitted while he was "A student. Grimes
| wanted some money, and secured as an
! indorser Prof. Beal, giving the latter two
J notes-one for SljOand the other for SlOS-
| rs collateral. These notes were forgeres,
| and Prof. Beal swore out an Information
| against the young man. who was arrest ted
two weeks subsequent TO his marriage
The Michigan Masonic home association
| at its annual meeting recently report
| ed so members and a prosperous outlook.
| The association has purchased the Bur
| chard farm near Grand Rapids for $4,000,
and will early in the spring begin the
| erection OF n home, TO cost 100000. The
| officers elected are: Wm. Durham, Grand
| Rapids, vice president; trustees, Geo. w.
| Thompson. +. j. Horton and +. T.. Win
| sor, Grand RAPIDS; VIM. Steele, Ionia; Il.
| d. Wheeler, Manstee; ). NJ. Stevenson,
Menominee: Chas. L. Hills, Muskegon;
| VIM. :. Lawrence, Kalamazoo VIM. Will
| hanson. East Saginaw; /. W. Strahan,
| Grand Rapids.
Says a correspondent of Detroit daily:
During the year just passed Muskegon
| county has sent ., persons to one or the
| a ~ of hp "a
| This list Is lamentahly large, especially
coming from a city and county wherein the
general health j. much above the average.
| 1t i noticeable and somewhat peculiar
| fact that almost If not quite three-fourths
of all the cases are persons OF foreign
| birth The expense OF maintaining the
| insane from this county Is becoming heavy.
| The last quarterly bill paid was Ol As
| this Is far quarterly average it Will he
| seen that the expense OF keeping the in
| mate, i, $3.50 IL will cost a. least 81. 600
| more % place the charges in these iu,titu-
! tions, or % total yearly expense 81 $1,000.
| II these cases and the bill, increase ia the
same proportion for the next decade. 10
| viii make those on the outside of asylum
| walls almost crazy in devlsing ways and
mean, for the support Of those within.
Antoine Dumas ha, brought suit against
| the city OF Chehoygan for $4,000 damages
| for the death Of hi, son who was burned
| 10 death In the city Jail some time ago.
Louis Perkins was killed hy a bursting
stone IN his father, feed mill at Fowler
| vile.
Harry Ratclin. q q g. T. fireman. who
| was convicted at Battle Greek. of larceny
| from the railroad company and sentenced
10 lunia for - day was sent back and
| discharged. This Is a result of the Justice =
| misunderstanding of the law as no CON.
Wet, viii be taken az iouia for less than a
| 900 days sentence.
The proposed consolidation of the Gin
| CiunatI. Jackson a Nackinaw and the
Michigan q Ohio railroads is creating
much excitement att Hudson and Waldron,
those towns being willing TO pay large
money u be ON the proposed line.
Michigan baggagemq,ters are receiving
notice not to check trunks containing Jew
elry. on account OK Tn" danger OF suits for
heavy damages should the trunks loo lost
In an alteration ~ Dryden between
John Stammers and Dell Cheeseman, u
drOver, the latter received injuries which
VIII result fatally, IL Is stated that Cheese
man was intoxicated apd the aggres-or.
Mr. Abram Giurich. who had his leg tax
cu OFT at Wood S camp near West Branch.
while hauling long timber. died the next
morning The next evening his widow $
house was totally destroyed boy fire The
fire caught from defective chimney. The
fire department was unable To save IL rs IL
was ont OF their reach.
Edwin VI. Clapp who settled in Kalama-
700 IN lNi3. ], dead, aged - years. He
leaves widow and four children. one
daughter residing ma Detroit
The authorities ut Washington looked
up The records and found that the branch
of the J.. ). a II. = railroad, from Jones
Vile TO Lansing. is "a land grant road, un-
DIR the provisions Of acts of $3.50 and 1866.
aud II must therefore. carry the mails at
government rate.
Col. Samuel VOLS, manager OF the sol
4 = ION,
dered his resignation 70 take effect April
]. Gen. Byron Il. Pierce OF that city has
been chosen his successor.
One hundred and ninety-nine miles OF
new railroad track were laid in Michigan
in the year l,sG
Fred Russell, Reed City barber, is un-
der arrest for bigamy.
Levi Gid1inSs, a Macomb county pio-
| neer, passed away on the 81 inst.
Geo. l.. Parsons was married 90 Miss
Gertrude Banks q teacher IN the Montague
high school, the other morning. The mar
riage took place I'm the school room in the
presence of the pupils.
Louis Buchuer will have 90 stand trial
for the killing of Edward Morris near Al
pena, Christmas night.
The inspection OF salt during December
was: Bay county, 6149l bbls: Saginaw,
67121 Manistee. 1894 St Clair. 1851;
| Mnson. l2.653: Iosco { 500. Huron $50;
| Midland, 5,32O: total 23O,2)j hhls
Dr. Palmer, the bribe-taking physician
! Of jackson prison has been held for trial
| in the $500 bonds.
The wife OF Charles Berger formerly OF
! Iecumseh, killed herself and her children
| at Nashville Neb., Christmas day while
insane. She was the daughter of Michael
Wilson Of Adrain.
Capt. VIM. L. Christian Of the Twenty
third Michigan regiment, died at Bay City
or the Sd inst.
George Snyder, aged II, was crushed TO
| death in Chase Bros. Factory in Grand
Rapids the other day.
Lamar Lassoed.
Secretary Lamar was married in Macon,
Ga, on the 9Th inst. TO Mrs. William $
Holt OF that city Mrs. Lamar is
the daughter OF James Dean, in
in his title large planter and prominent
politician, who raised his family amid
luxury of n prncely sort Miss Dean had
in her youth many suitors, the most con
! spicuouS being young Lamar, with stu
/ dent's taste and ambition, and young Holt,